Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 29 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 343 275 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.62% 7.69% 7.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.82% 36.96% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 198 119 345
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £71,625 £92,500 £82,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 985 744 1,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.14% 20.79% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 740 458 1,478
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,533 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.04% +0.97% -6.78%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire +4 135 £60,000 -4.00% 51
Berkshire +21 131 £57,500 +17.95% 41
Buckinghamshire -2 77 £55,500 -12.94% 20
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.75%) Confluence
1 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.58%) WordPress
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.29%) Camunda
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 61 (17.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.46%) Lightworks
4 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.87%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.87%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 164 (47.81%) Azure
2 116 (33.82%) AWS
3 72 (20.99%) Power Platform
4 69 (20.12%) Azure AI
5 33 (9.62%) GCP
6 20 (5.83%) GitHub
7 18 (5.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (4.96%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (4.37%) Serverless
10 14 (4.08%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.79%) Cloudflare
12 12 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 6 (1.75%) dbt
16 6 (1.75%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.79%) Firewall
2 29 (8.45%) DNS
3 16 (4.66%) VPN
4 11 (3.21%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.92%) DHCP
6 9 (2.62%) Wireless
7 8 (2.33%) SSL
8 7 (2.04%) HTTP
8 7 (2.04%) VLAN
9 6 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.46%) MQTT
11 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.58%) Internet
13 1 (0.29%) Broadband
13 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
13 1 (0.29%) SMTP
13 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.29%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (18.95%) Power BI
2 52 (15.16%) Tableau
3 24 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.79%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.62%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.62%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.75%) Airbyte
6 6 (1.75%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.17%) MySQL
9 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.58%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.58%) Redis
10 2 (0.58%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.29%) Big Data
11 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.29%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 43 (12.54%) Git
2 26 (7.58%) GitLab
3 19 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.37%) JIRA
5 8 (2.33%) JUnit
6 7 (2.04%) JMeter
6 7 (2.04%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.04%) Mockito
7 6 (1.75%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.46%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.17%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.87%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.87%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.87%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.58%) Mocha
11 2 (0.58%) Selenium
12 1 (0.29%) Storybook
12 1 (0.29%) Subversion
12 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 151 (44.02%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.62%) Manufacturing
4 29 (8.45%) Finance
5 15 (4.37%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.62%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.33%) Electronics
11 6 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.75%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.75%) Retail
12 4 (1.17%) Automotive
12 4 (1.17%) Banking
12 4 (1.17%) Games
12 4 (1.17%) Law
13 3 (0.87%) Marketing
14 2 (0.58%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 79 (23.03%) Analyst
1 79 (23.03%) Software Engineer
2 63 (18.37%) Python Engineer
3 60 (17.49%) Data Analyst
4 51 (14.87%) Python Software Engineer
5 49 (14.29%) Junior
6 48 (13.99%) Junior Analyst
6 48 (13.99%) Junior Data Analyst
7 37 (10.79%) Senior
8 36 (10.50%) C++ Software Engineer
9 33 (9.62%) Developer
10 27 (7.87%) C# Software Engineer
11 24 (7.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 24 (7.00%) Network Engineer
12 22 (6.41%) Data Engineer
13 19 (5.54%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (5.25%) Automation Engineer
15 17 (4.96%) AWS Software Engineer
16 13 (3.79%) Java Engineer
17 12 (3.50%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.16%) REST
2 24 (7.00%) JSON
3 15 (4.37%) React
4 14 (4.08%) HTML
4 14 (4.08%) YAML
5 13 (3.79%) Django
5 13 (3.79%) NumPy
5 13 (3.79%) Pandas
6 12 (3.50%) XML
7 10 (2.92%) Jinja
7 10 (2.92%) Web Services
8 8 (2.33%) Spring
8 8 (2.33%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.04%) .NET
9 7 (2.04%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (2.04%) Apache Camel
9 7 (2.04%) CSS
9 7 (2.04%) Hibernate
9 7 (2.04%) jQuery
9 7 (2.04%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.75%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.25%) Distributed Computing
4 16 (4.66%) Algorithms
4 16 (4.66%) Low-Code
5 15 (4.37%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.79%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.79%) Life Science
7 12 (3.50%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (2.62%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (2.62%) Hackathon
9 8 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (2.33%) PKI
10 7 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
10 7 (2.04%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.04%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.75%) CCTV
11 6 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (21.87%) Linux
2 27 (7.87%) Windows
3 6 (1.75%) Unix
4 3 (0.87%) Debian
4 3 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.87%) Gentoo
4 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.29%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (35.28%) AI
2 92 (26.82%) Software Engineering
3 88 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (24.20%) CI/CD
5 74 (21.57%) Business Intelligence
6 67 (19.53%) Agile
7 53 (15.45%) DevOps
8 44 (12.83%) Computer Science
9 43 (12.54%) Analytics
9 43 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (11.66%) Containerisation
10 40 (11.66%) Test Automation
11 35 (10.20%) Machine Learning
12 32 (9.33%) Data Modelling
13 29 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
14 25 (7.29%) Data Governance
14 25 (7.29%) Deployment Automation
14 25 (7.29%) Microservices
14 25 (7.29%) SIEM
15 24 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 102 (29.74%) SQL
2 65 (18.95%) C++
3 52 (15.16%) C#
4 45 (13.12%) JavaScript
5 37 (10.79%) PowerShell
6 34 (9.91%) Java
7 28 (8.16%) Bash
8 24 (7.00%) TypeScript
9 21 (6.12%) C
10 16 (4.66%) Rust
11 11 (3.21%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.92%) MATLAB
13 9 (2.62%) VBA
14 6 (1.75%) Groovy
15 5 (1.46%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.46%) Go
16 4 (1.17%) Perl
16 4 (1.17%) R
16 4 (1.17%) Ruby
17 3 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 86 (25.07%) Degree
2 70 (20.41%) Azure Certification
3 51 (14.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (10.50%) Security Cleared
5 30 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 25 (7.29%) Master's Degree
7 12 (3.50%) PhD
8 11 (3.21%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.75%) ACCA
10 6 (1.75%) CIMA
11 5 (1.46%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
13 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.87%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.87%) GCIA
13 3 (0.87%) GIAC
14 2 (0.58%) CCNA CyberOps
14 2 (0.58%) CISSP
14 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.91%) QA
2 16 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.75%) GDPR
5 4 (1.17%) ECSS
5 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.87%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.58%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) MISRA
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (11.08%) Docker
2 31 (9.04%) Hyper-V
2 31 (9.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.41%) KVM
4 17 (4.96%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.75%) vSphere
6 5 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.12%) Terraform
3 14 (4.08%) Graylog
4 13 (3.79%) Ansible
5 9 (2.62%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.33%) Kibana
6 8 (2.33%) ZABBIX
7 7 (2.04%) Grafana
7 7 (2.04%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.75%) Argo
9 4 (1.17%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.17%) Packer
10 3 (0.87%) Istio
10 3 (0.87%) Podman
11 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (29.45%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.04%) VMware
3 14 (4.08%) Red Hat
4 12 (3.50%) Cisco
5 11 (3.21%) SAP
6 10 (2.92%) Oracle
6 10 (2.92%) Splunk
7 9 (2.62%) Databricks
8 8 (2.33%) IBM
8 8 (2.33%) Veeam
9 7 (2.04%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.75%) Google
11 5 (1.46%) AppDynamics
11 5 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.46%) F5
11 5 (1.46%) Juniper
11 5 (1.46%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.46%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.17%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.17%) Xilinx